So Dave took Kelsey to Wal Mart last night for school supplies that she needed and got her a new pack of mechanical pencils. Life should be perfect right??? I woke up this morning to a lot of snippy remarks. They overslept a bit and Shannon didn't have time to make her lunch so of course she had to clean out her father's wallet. Kelsey made the mistake of telling Shannon that it was time to leave. Shannon then felt the need to explain in very elicit details that the non driving freshman had absolutely no business dictating what time she left the house. I think this point was driven home (by the always pleasant and happy go lucky red head) crystal clear!! I am almost certain she will never make that mistake again.

Kelsey has Cross Country practice after school. I am not sure if Shannon is staying after school to give her a ride home or not. I was kind of afraid to ask. Sometimes she frightens me.

Kelsey has decided to run for class president. She told me this morning that she made up a rap song to sing before student elections. I asked her if she was singing this song in front of the whole school or just the freshman class. Luckily it is just the freshman class. Had it been the whole school, I don't think that Shannon could have handled that.

So who knew that one little packet of mechanical pencils could turn into an all out war. I went school supply shopping last week with Ryan, Maggie and Shannon. (Kelsey wasn't home) Shannon wanted some mechanical pencils, she grabbed one and put it in the cart, I told her to grab one for Kelsey too. She noticed that it was cheaper to get the three pack so she put the other one back and grabbed the three pack. Who knew that that would be such a terrible fateful mistake. Fast forward to Sunday, I was sitting in my lawn chair minding my own business watching Maggie's soccer game. Dave handed me his phone and said, "Here I think this is for you." On the other end was an irate Kelsey, "Please tell Shannon that she doesn't get two pencils and I only get one." I said, "How many pencils can you use at one time?" She never answered the question. Finally I just told her I would buy another pack of pencils just to shut her up. A few minutes later Lauren showed up to the game with Mike. She was wearing one of Erin's shirts. I asked her if Erin knows that she forgot to bring that to college with her. Lauren smiled and said, "I doubt it, I am going to have Mike take a picture of we wearing it and send it to her on his phone." I am so glad she has matured so well. I then made the mistake of telling her about my phone call from Kelsey, I assumed she would see how ridiculous those two are, instead she said, "I am starting graduate school soon, how come you didn't buy me any mechanical pencils?"

At about this point I was thinking, "why am I a little sad about having a hysterectomy??" I may just have Dave drop me off at the hospital this afternoon and patiently wait there for my surgery in case they have any cancellations and can squeeze me in a little early. October is a long way away!! I'm not sure I can wait that long.

Monday we went from mechanical pencils to pencil cases. Kelsey has two pencil cases and won't give one to Shannon unless she coughs up the extra mechanical pencil. I am beginning to have horrible flashbacks of when those two used to share a room. Thanks to little Maggie coming along and Sam leaving for college we were able to separate them. It has been a peaceful few years. Now they get to spend time together every day riding to and from school. Shannon has already requested that I find another way for Kelsey to get to school because it "isn't really working out." Yeah well I guess you may need to find a new home as well, "It really isn't working out."

I took the yearly first day of school picture. This is Kelsey's first year at Incarnate, she said "I look like a nun." I said, "Good now remember to act like one."

So I dropped off little Sybil at college last weekend : ( She was supposed to get all of her thank you notes finished from her graduation party during the twelve hour car ride. She decided to sleep for twelve hours instead. I held her hostage in an Alabama hotel room and told her she couldn't move into her dorm in the morning until she finished all of her cards. By the time we rolled in to Mobile, Dave and I were no longer speaking. He wouldn't listen to me when I told him to turn right, he insisted that the college was left. To make a long story short we, OK "I" screamed at him for the last 10 minutes of our trip. Had he listened to me, we would have arrived a little sooner and there would have been no need to drive through a crack neighborhood!!

Erin and I decided to eat at Denney's before we checked into the hotel. Dave decided to sit in the van and pout. Ten minutes later the big baby decided he was hungry and came in and sat in silence. The only thing we heard out of him was when he ordered his food. The next day he told me that I forced him to hit the button that turns him inside out and into quiet mode. I need to find a quicker route to that button!!

We moved Erin in without incident, her room mate is adorable and they have so much in common that it is scary. I am excited for her, I know that she will have a great college experience. Maggie tells me that she has a new fake ID. Oh that makes me happy!!! Sam and Lauren are planning a trip to New Orleans for Mardis Gras now that Erin lives so close to New Orleans and has a fake ID. I think that is every parents dream to have three of her drunk daughters at Mardis Gras with 5 lbs of beads around their necks. They make me oh so proud!

The kids all start school this week. I can't believe Kelsey is starting high school. She is running cross country and is doing really well. I told Erin that she was doing well at Cross Country and she said, "I know Lauren told me she is really ripped." Kelsey was in the kitchen in a sports bra and shorts the other day and Lauren was having a cow because her ab muscles are so good. I guess she had to run and call her sister to crab that Kelsey has a better waistline than she does. They won't be taking her to Mardis Gras with them!

Before we left to take Erin to college I told Shannon that if she kept a B average that I would fly her to Alabama to visit her sister. She didn't even think about it and said, "Um how about a C ?" It looks like Shannon is going to really buckle down this year and take school seriously.

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This is the email that I received this morning from my college bound daughter. I am thinking of sending this to her teachers at Incarnate and demanding at least a partial refund from her 30 thousand plus education. I was talking about the email at dinner and I said, "How hard would it be for her to hit spell check?" Lauren said, "that is even worse, she usually just hits the first suggested word from spell check and you have no idea what she is talking about." Maybe I should have spent more time reading when I was pregnant with her.



I have a new passion. I joined Costco the week before the girls graduation party. I have been a half dozen times since. I don't know why I didn't do that years ago. I took Maggie with me on Friday. When I was buying milk Maggie said, "Is that milk?" (It is shaped a little weird at Costco.) I said, "Yeah why. " She said, I saw that in our fridge and I didn't know what it was so I haven't had cereal all week." I asked if she thought about maybe reading the label??? She said, "I don't really like to read in the summer." Yeah MILK that is really a tough word. She has been hanging out with Erin a little too much.

I took Erin dorm room shopping this weekend. The first part of our morning was a wild goose chase. We weren't having any luck. I found a penny on heads in a parking lot and then Jessie's girl came on the radio. I told Erin that had to be an omen that we would find the sheets that she wanted and have a great day. My gas light was on so I headed to QT to fill up. I swiped my card and it said, Mag strip not read, see attendant. I went inside and they swiped my card told me to fill up and come back and sign when I was done. What a pain, I went back inside after filling my 30 gallon tank and was ready to head out and get her dorm room stuff bought. I turned the key and nothing..... Aghhhhhh I am getting really tired of car trouble. I called Dave asked him to come get us. I had just added towing coverage to my car insurance so I called a tow truck. Erin was throwing a fit because I was putting a damper in her day. I called grandma and asked her to come get us while Dave waited for the tow truck so the princess wasn't inconvenienced. So much for lucky pennies and teen idols!!

Lauren moved back home today, she called me at work three times. Once to ask me if she bought meat for her and Mike would I cook it, and once to ask me to tell Shannon to clean the bathroom and once to tell me she found three shirts of hers in Erin's suitcase for college. I asked why she couldn't ask Shannon to clean the bathroom herself? She said, she is so lazy she is watching One Tree Hill and as soon as that was over she got on Facebook. Why do they think I pick up extra hours in the summer?? She had Ryan and Maggie help her move out of her apartment and load and unload all of her stuff. She bought them Burger King and a candy bar. She got off pretty cheap and Maggie feels like she won the lottery.